Victoria is a city in
San Fernando Partido
San Fernando is a '' partido'' of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in the north of Greater Buenos Aires. Its capital is San Fernando. It is twenty-eight kilometers from the city of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomo ...
of the
urban agglomeration
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of
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires ( es, Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area ( es, Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjac ...
.
The city gradually grew around a railway station on the
Ferrocarril Central Argentino
The Central Argentine Railway, referred to as CA below, (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Argentino) was one of the ''Big Four'' broad gauge, British companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. The company had been establish ...
, which had been named after
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...
of
the United Kingdom
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.
It is home to
Universidad de San Andrés.
Victoria is the home town of
Club Atlético Tigre
Club Atlético Tigre is an Argentine professional football club located in Victoria, Buenos Aires. Tigre currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system, having secured promotion as the 2021 Pri ...
football club
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which play at the
Estadio José Dellagiovanna
Estadio José Dellagiovanna (popularly knwon as the ''Coliseo de Victoria'')[San Fernando Partido
San Fernando is a '' partido'' of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in the north of Greater Buenos Aires. Its capital is San Fernando. It is twenty-eight kilometers from the city of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomo ...]
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Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
San Fernando Partido
Cities in Argentina
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